Rawson (surname)

Rawson and Raws are surnames. Notable people and characters with the surnames include:

Rawson

A

• Albert Rawson (1900–1949), English footballer
• Amán Rawson (1792–1847), American-Argentine physician and merchant
• Anna Rawson (born 1981), Australian professional golfer and model
• Arturo Rawson (1885–1952), Argentine army officer and de facto president

C

• Carlos Rawson (born 1946), Argentine equestrian
• Charles A. Rawson (1867–1936), unelected US Senator from Iowa for nine months in 1922
• Christopher Rawson (born Christopher Comstock Hart), American writer, university teacher and theater critic
• Clayton Rawson (1906–1971), American mystery writer, editor, and amateur magician
• Sir Alfred Cooper Rawson (1876–1946), British businessman and Conservative Party MP

D

• Don Rawson (born 1937), Australian rules footballer with Footscray
• Donald Strathearn Rawson (1905–1961), Canadian limnologist

E

• Edward Rawson (disambiguation), several people

• Edward Rawson (businessman) (1818–1893), businessman in Atlanta, Georgia
• Edward Rawson (politician) (1615–1693), pioneer of Massachusetts Bay Colony. Father of Rebecca Rawson.

• Elizabeth Rawson (1934–1988), classical scholar and historian
• Elvira Rawson (1867–1954), Argentine suffragist and medico

F

• Farrend Rawson (born 1996), English footballer with Derby County
• Franklin Rawson (c. 1819–1871), Argentine painter

G

• Major-General Geoffrey Rawson (1887–1979), British Army officer and cricketer
• George Rawson (1807–1889), English lawyer, hymnwriter and Congregationalist
• Guillermo Rawson, 19th century Argentine politician

H

• Harry Rawson (1843–1910), British admiral oversaw Benin Expedition of 1897
• Herbert Rawson (1852–1924), English footballer

J

• James Rawson (born 1965), British Paralympic table tennis player
• Jane Rawson, Australian writer and environmentalist
• Dame Jessica Rawson (born 1943), English art historian, curator and academic administrator
• John Rawson, 1st Viscount Clontarf (c. 1470–1547), English-born statesman in Ireland

M

• Marion Nicholl Rawson (1878–1956), author, illustrator, artist and lecturer
• Mary Rawson, American actress
• Mary Anne Rawson (1801–1887), abolitionist
• Mike Rawson (1934–2000) British Olympic track and field athlete

N

• Norman Rawson, Canadian politician

P

• Peter Rawson (born 1957), Zimbabwean cricketer

R

• Ray Rawson (born 1940), Republican member of the Nevada State Senate
• Rawson W. Rawson (1812–1899), British government official and statistician
• Rebecca Rawson (1656–1692), heroine of Leaves from Margaret Smith's Journal (1849) by John G. Whittier
• Richard Rawson (disambiguation), several people:

• Richard Rawson, aka Fazer (rapper), English rapper and DJ with N-Dubz
• Richard Hamilton Rawson (1863–1918), British Member of Parliament
• Richard Rawson (fl. 1475–1485), father of John Rawson, 1st Viscount Clontarf
• Richard Rawson, Sheriff of London in 1477
• Richard Rawson (priest) (died 1543), Archdeacon of Essex and Canon of Windsor

• Roger Rawson (1939–2009), American teacher and politician from Utah
• Ronald Rawson, British heavyweight boxer of the 1920s
• Roy Rawson (1898–1971), Australian politician

S

• Stratton Rawson, independent film producer, screenwriter and music critic

W

• Wilhelmina Rawson (1851–1933), Australian author and authority on culinary and domestic practices
• William Rawson (1854–1932), amateur footballer who played for England
• William H. Rawson (1892–1957), American Republican Party politician from New Jersey

Z

• Z. B. Rawson (1858–1928), American politician in the state of Washington

Raws

• John Garrard Raws (1851–1929), Baptist minister in England and Australia